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A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE is Book 1 of
Teixcalaan, an award-winning novel: intellectual Science Fiction with a Byzantine coloration. The Empire rules, indeed the language holds only one word for "world," the word for "Empire." The newest ambassador from a tiny asteroid station must learn to balance the social politics of Empire while solving the murder of the prior ambassador, whose personality she carries as an imago in her brain stem, and preventing her own assassination. ...more
Teixcalaan, an award-winning novel: intellectual Science Fiction with a Byzantine coloration. The Empire rules, indeed the language holds only one word for "world," the word for "Empire." The newest ambassador from a tiny asteroid station must learn to balance the social politics of Empire while solving the murder of the prior ambassador, whose personality she carries as an imago in her brain stem, and preventing her own assassination. ...more
Holy shit that was so good and I have Feelings
Mostly: obsessed w imago-lines representing generational knowledge that imperialism threatens, and how three seagrass shows how someone can be endearing and smart and good but still embody imperialism
Especially: since I, too, embarrassingly had an ugly crush on three seagrass and /hated/ myself for it. “what you love makes you despicable.” god bless mahit for ultimately rejecting her + the empire + and all their shitty logic and morality
(holy shit, ...more
Mostly: obsessed w imago-lines representing generational knowledge that imperialism threatens, and how three seagrass shows how someone can be endearing and smart and good but still embody imperialism
Especially: since I, too, embarrassingly had an ugly crush on three seagrass and /hated/ myself for it. “what you love makes you despicable.” god bless mahit for ultimately rejecting her + the empire + and all their shitty logic and morality
(holy shit, ...more
It did take me a while to hear this because I didn't want to loose any detail of this book full of political intrigue and twists. I will following this series for sure.
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